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Cities in Wisconsin by population speaking a language other than English at home

Milwaukee, WI had the highest population speaking a language other than English at home of 97 cities in 2022, at 21.6%. New Richmond, WI had the lowest, at 1.2%. The median was 7.2% and the figure for Wisconsin was 8.7%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest21.6Milwaukee, WI
Lowest1.2New Richmond, WI
Median7.297 cities
Wisconsin8.7History

Top 40 cities, 2022

Milwaukee, WI: 21.6 %Milwaukee, WI21.6Sheboygan, WI: 18.4 %Sheboygan, WI18.4Beloit, WI: 17.8 %Beloit, WI17.8Greenfield, WI: 17.4 %Greenfield, WI17.4Fitchburg, WI: 16.7 %Fitchburg, WI16.7Shorewood, WI: 16.5 %Shorewood, WI16.5Green Bay, WI: 16.4 %Green Bay, WI16.4Oak Creek, WI: 16.3 %Oak Creek, WI16.3Kenosha, WI: 15.6 %Kenosha, WI15.6Glendale, WI: 14.3 %Glendale, WI14.3Brookfield, WI: 14.1 %Brookfield, WI14.1Racine, WI: 14 %Racine, WI14Madison, WI: 13.4 %Madison, WI13.4Bellevue, WI: 13.2 %Bellevue, WI13.2Mount Pleasant, WI: 12.5 %Mount Pleasant, WI12.5West Allis, WI: 12.4 %West Allis, WI12.4Greendale, WI: 12.3 %Greendale, WI12.3Wausau, WI: 12.2 %Wausau, WI12.2Franklin, WI: 12 %Franklin, WI12Whitewater, WI: 11.8 %Whitewater, WI11.8South Milwaukee, WI: 11.5 %South Milwaukee, WI11.5Cudahy, WI: 11.3 %Cudahy, WI11.3Waukesha, WI: 11.3 %Waukesha, WI11.3Brown Deer, WI: 11.2 %Brown Deer, WI11.2Middleton, WI: 11 %Middleton, WI11Elkhorn, WI: 10.8 %Elkhorn, WI10.8Burlington, WI: 10.7 %Burlington, WI10.7Appleton, WI: 10.6 %Appleton, WI10.6Menasha, WI: 9.4 %Menasha, WI9.4Pleasant Prairie, WI: 9.3 %Pleasant Prairie, WI9.3Sun Prairie, WI: 9.2 %Sun Prairie, WI9.2Onalaska, WI: 9 %Onalaska, WI9Ashwaubenon, WI: 8.5 %Ashwaubenon, WI8.5Caledonia, WI: 8.3 %Caledonia, WI8.3Fond du Lac, WI: 8.3 %Fond du Lac, WI8.3Manitowoc, WI: 8.2 %Manitowoc, WI8.2Mequon, WI: 8.2 %Mequon, WI8.2Hartland, WI: 8 %Hartland, WI8Whitefish Bay, WI: 7.9 %Whitefish Bay, WI7.9Watertown, WI: 7.9 %Watertown, WI7.9Milwaukee, WI: 21.6 %Milwaukee, WI21.6Sheboygan, WI: 18.4 %Sheboygan, WI18.4Beloit, WI: 17.8 %Beloit, WI17.8Greenfield, WI: 17.4 %Greenfield, WI17.4Fitchburg, WI: 16.7 %Fitchburg, WI16.7Shorewood, WI: 16.5 %Shorewood, WI16.5Green Bay, WI: 16.4 %Green Bay, WI16.4Oak Creek, WI: 16.3 %Oak Creek, WI16.3Kenosha, WI: 15.6 %Kenosha, WI15.6Glendale, WI: 14.3 %Glendale, WI14.3Brookfield, WI: 14.1 %Brookfield, WI14.1Racine, WI: 14 %Racine, WI14Madison, WI: 13.4 %Madison, WI13.4Bellevue, WI: 13.2 %Bellevue, WI13.2Mount Pleasant, WI: 12.5 %Mount Pleasant, WI12.5West Allis, WI: 12.4 %West Allis, WI12.4Greendale, WI: 12.3 %Greendale, WI12.3Wausau, WI: 12.2 %Wausau, WI12.2Franklin, WI: 12 %Franklin, WI12Whitewater, WI: 11.8 %Whitewater, WI11.8South Milwaukee, WI: 11.5 %South Milwaukee, WI11.5Cudahy, WI: 11.3 %Cudahy, WI11.3Waukesha, WI: 11.3 %Waukesha, WI11.3Brown Deer, WI: 11.2 %Brown Deer, WI11.2Middleton, WI: 11 %Middleton, WI11Elkhorn, WI: 10.8 %Elkhorn, WI10.8Burlington, WI: 10.7 %Burlington, WI10.7Appleton, WI: 10.6 %Appleton, WI10.6Menasha, WI: 9.4 %Menasha, WI9.4Pleasant Prairie, WI: 9.3 %Pleasant Prairie, WI9.3Sun Prairie, WI: 9.2 %Sun Prairie, WI9.2Onalaska, WI: 9 %Onalaska, WI9Ashwaubenon, WI: 8.5 %Ashwaubenon, WI8.5Caledonia, WI: 8.3 %Caledonia, WI8.3Fond du Lac, WI: 8.3 %Fond du Lac, WI8.3Manitowoc, WI: 8.2 %Manitowoc, WI8.2Mequon, WI: 8.2 %Mequon, WI8.2Hartland, WI: 8 %Hartland, WI8Whitefish Bay, WI: 7.9 %Whitefish Bay, WI7.9Watertown, WI: 7.9 %Watertown, WI7.9
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2022 (%)Change on 2021
1Milwaukee, WI21.6+0.5 pts
2Sheboygan, WI18.4+0.6 pts
3Beloit, WI17.8+1.4 pts
4Greenfield, WI17.4+1.4 pts
5Fitchburg, WI16.7+1.9 pts
6Shorewood, WI16.5-1.8 pts
7Green Bay, WI16.4-0.2 pts
8Oak Creek, WI16.3+0.1 pts
9Kenosha, WI15.6-0.4 pts
10Glendale, WI14.3-1.2 pts
11Brookfield, WI14.1+0.2 pts
12Racine, WI14+0.3 pts
13Madison, WI13.4-0.3 pts
14Bellevue, WI13.2-5.5 pts
15Mount Pleasant, WI12.5+1.7 pts
16West Allis, WI12.4+0.9 pts
17Greendale, WI12.3+1.5 pts
18Wausau, WI12.2-0.7 pts
19Franklin, WI12-1.3 pts
20Whitewater, WI11.8+2.2 pts
21South Milwaukee, WI11.5+1.2 pts
22Cudahy, WI11.3+1 pts
23Waukesha, WI11.3-0.9 pts
24Brown Deer, WI11.2+1.1 pts
25Middleton, WI11-0.3 pts
26Elkhorn, WI10.8-0.9 pts
27Burlington, WI10.7-2.3 pts
28Appleton, WI10.6-0.8 pts
29Menasha, WI9.4-0.5 pts
30Pleasant Prairie, WI9.3-0.3 pts
31Sun Prairie, WI9.2+0.8 pts
32Onalaska, WI9-0.5 pts
33Ashwaubenon, WI8.50 pts
34Caledonia, WI8.3-0.3 pts
35Fond du Lac, WI8.3+0.2 pts
36Manitowoc, WI8.2+0.8 pts
36Mequon, WI8.2-1.1 pts
38Hartland, WI8+1.5 pts
39Whitefish Bay, WI7.9-0.9 pts
40Watertown, WI7.9-1.7 pts
41Hudson, WI7.8-0.9 pts
42Beaver Dam, WI7.8-0.7 pts
43Harrison, WI7.7+1.3 pts
44Wauwatosa, WI7.6+0.7 pts
45Menomonee Falls, WI7.6+0.5 pts
46Eau Claire, WI7.3-0.7 pts
47Germantown, WI7.3-1.2 pts
48New Berlin, WI7.2+0.1 pts
49Sussex, WI7.2-0.6 pts
50Oshkosh, WI7.1-0 pts
51Pewaukee, WI70 pts
52Holmen, WI6.8+0.2 pts
53Plover, WI6.7+1.5 pts
53Weston, WI6.7-1 pts
55Fort Atkinson, WI6.7-0.8 pts
56Reedsburg, WI6.6-1.2 pts
57Janesville, WI6.6-0.3 pts
58Salem Lakes, WI6.4-0.1 pts
59Waunakee, WI6.4+0.9 pts
60Waupun, WI6.4+0.4 pts
61Grafton, WI6.2+1.6 pts
62Baraboo, WI5.9+0.9 pts
63Menomonie, WI5.7-0.1 pts
64Two Rivers, WI5.7-0.5 pts
65Monroe, WI5.7-0.9 pts
66La Crosse, WI5.4-0.3 pts
67Verona, WI5.4-0.9 pts
68Neenah, WI5.3+0.4 pts
69Allouez, WI5.3-1.5 pts
70Stevens Point, WI5.3-1.1 pts
71Wisconsin Rapids, WI5-2.5 pts
72De Pere, WI4.7-0.6 pts
73Platteville, WI4.5+0.2 pts
74Fox Crossing, WI4.5-1.4 pts
75Cedarburg, WI4.5+0.4 pts
76Muskego, WI4.5+0.3 pts
77River Falls, WI4.4-1.1 pts
78Hartford, WI4.2-0 pts
79Oregon, WI4.1+0.8 pts
80Stoughton, WI4+0.9 pts
81Little Chute, WI3.8+0.6 pts
82Hobart, WI3.8-1.4 pts
83Chippewa Falls, WI3.8+0.4 pts
83Port Washington, WI3.8+0.1 pts
85Superior, WI3.7-0.2 pts
86Marshfield, WI3.5-0 pts
87Oconomowoc, WI3.3+1 pts
88Windsor, WI3.3-0.2 pts
89West Bend, WI3.3+0.3 pts
90Howard, WI3.1-0.1 pts
91Marinette, WI2.80 pts
92DeForest, WI2.7+0.2 pts
93Greenville, WI2.5n/a
94Suamico, WI2.4+0.8 pts
95Richfield, WI2.4+0.1 pts
96Kaukauna, WI2+0.7 pts
97New Richmond, WI1.2+0.4 pts

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About this ranking

People aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of all people aged 5 and over. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

Measures the language used at home, not English ability: most people in this group also speak English. Spanish speakers are shown separately in spanish_at_home_share.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. 1 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2022 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-c16001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in Wisconsin by population speaking a language other than English at home, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-c16001.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Wisconsin by population speaking a language other than English at home, 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-c16001.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/language-other-than-english-at-home/wisconsin-cities?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in Wisconsin by population speaking a language other than English at home, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-c16001.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/language-other-than-english-at-home/wisconsin-cities?period=2022.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Wisconsin by population speaking a language other than English at home, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-c16001.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/language-other-than-english-at-home/wisconsin-cities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Cities in Wisconsin by population speaking a language other than English at home, 2022}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Which city has the highest population speaking a language other than English at home?

Milwaukee, WI, with 21.6% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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New Richmond, WI, with 1.2% in 2022.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 1 cities have no value for 2022 and are not ranked.

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